THE RESIDENTS - OUR FINEST FLOWERS

The upcoming Residents RSD release, the LP version of "Our Finest Flower", had me revisit the 1993 CD earlier today.
Released on the EuroRalph label at the time, the album was sort of a "best of / mash up" compilation.
Songs got mixed and reworked into new songs. It all sounded pretty familiar but also new.
A very fine album.
Probably not intended for listeners that were not familiar with earlier Residents material, but still a very fine album.
If I'm not mistaken, it was released to launch the EuroRalph record label and celebrated the Residents' 20th anniversary at the same time.

And soon, the album will get re-released on vinyl. As a Record Store Day Release.
Here's the info from RSD:

The classic 1992 20th Anniversary album, which saw The Residents rework lyrics, melodies and themes from their entire back catalog into an album of new tracks, on vinyl for the first time.

Includes an insightful new essay by JIM KNIPFEL. Celebrating twenty long dreary years of obscure stardom...
In 1992, The Residents pondered their 20th Anniversary. A best-of collection had been proposed, and the group gathered together to draw up a potential tracklist. All was well until one of the Eyeballed Entities, unconsciously expressing something none of them had been able to verbalize, threw up on that tracklist. Once the dust had settled, somewhere in there, amongst the resulting soggy mess of vomit, paper and ink, The Residents noticed the proposed best-of song titles had congealed into a collage of new, never before heard tunes. 'Kick A Cat' and 'Picnic In The Jungle' had become 'Kick A Picnic', whilst 'Amber' and 'Six Things To A Cycle' had become 'Six Amber Things'. You get the idea.

This was it! Inspired by the rather repulsive mess that sat before them, the group chose to take the entire episode as a sign, and began recording collages of select tracks from their back catalogue as instructed by those soggy scraps. What better way to celebrate twenty long dreary years of obscure stardom and sacrifice a few of their own sacred cows at the same time?! Never before released on vinyl, and with their 50th Anniversary in mind in 2023, The Residents now present 'Our Finest Flowers' for your consideration again.

SIDE A

1 Gone Again 

2 The Sour Song 

3 Six Amber Things 

4 Mr. Lonely 

5 Perfect Goat 

6 Blue Tongues 

7 Jungle Bunny 

8 I'm Dreaming Of A White Sailor

SIDE B: 

1 Or Maybe A Marine 

2 Kick A Picnic 

3 Dead Wood 

4 Baby Sister 

5 Forty-Four No More 

6 He Also Serves 

7 Ship Of Fools 

8 Be Kind To U-WEB Footed Friends

-- additional info: Philippe Lamoot